Posted: January 2, 2004 5:02 pm
Posting photo found at a site called Parrothog Perch. Don't know if it will work.
Posting photo found at a site called Parrothog Perch. Don't know if it will work.
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Posting photo found at a site called Parrothog Perch. Don't know if it will work.
Posted: January 2, 2004 5:06 pm
Here is another of that same bike.
Posted: January 2, 2004 5:07 pm
Another view of neat parrothead bike.
Posted: January 2, 2004 6:04 pm
conched,
Nice work posting those photos. Thanks!
Also, nice work whoever painted that bike. I love the parrot on the left side.
Nice work posting those photos. Thanks!
Also, nice work whoever painted that bike. I love the parrot on the left side.
Posted: January 5, 2004 12:02 pm
I think the Fire Bike actually sold for $250k, not completely sure.NYCPORT wrote:If anyones interested the OCC boys and the fire bike are going to be at the NY Motorcycle show at The Javits Center in the begining of Jan.
I've gone up to OCC, it was great. You wouldn't believe what those bikes on the show go for. Their "standard" bikes start at $40k. The ones on the show can go for over $75K!
Posted: January 5, 2004 12:04 pm
HERE, HEREx2!!!pbans wrote:HERE, HERE!mrmiata wrote:You don't have to theme the bike itself. The OCC stuph is show stuff. It's not typical for choppers. Watch the biker buildoff shows or Motorcycle Mania I and II. They don't build "theme" bikes as much as the paint, wheels and a few touches reflect the theme.
So instead of trying to put fins on the tank, a cheeseburger-shaped carb/air cleaner, grass skirt fringe on the seat and margarita-shaped mirrors, focus on a clean, individual-looking bike with a paint job and perhaps custom-made wheels that reflect the parrothead lifestyle. Perhaps a gas tank done in Hula shirt pattern is a good start.
Then again, it's your bike. I just think tackling a "theme" bike that is completely over the top is best done for showing, not going. If you noticed, Paul Sr. was riding a "normal" Harley while they were in Daytona.
As a HUGE fan of old school, I'd take a Gasoline Alley or Choppers, Inc bike over an OCC any day!
The theme bikes are "fun" and the show is entertaining, but for a day to day bike....I'd stick with classic paint and power!
I've been talking with a PH painter in Salt Lake.....he's ready when I'm ready! Some nice Buffett-esque touches on the tank and rear fender~! When (which won't be until I win the lottery) I'm ready for the chopper....it's straight to Melbourne for an appointment with the builders at Choppers, Inc!!
ABSOFREAKINLUTLY!!! Billy Lane at Choppers Inc would get my vote. I also like some of Jesse James creations. Jesse and Billy are true fabricators. OCC is not!!
Posted: January 5, 2004 9:44 pm
OCC's stuff is kewl, but their frames come from one place. Their tanks come off of a shelf. Their seats are shipped in. Their engines come from somewhere else. The wheels are made by someone else from a little pencil sketch. The paint is done by someone else. They do some cool stuph, but in the end they come up with ideas, make the handlebars, weld some stuph on the frame and then assemble all the parts.
I put together custom model cars, modified from stock kits. I don't fabricate 'em from scratch. I'm a builder, not a fabricator.
But a Buffett-themed bike would be the shtuff.
I put together custom model cars, modified from stock kits. I don't fabricate 'em from scratch. I'm a builder, not a fabricator.
But a Buffett-themed bike would be the shtuff.
Parrothead Bike
Posted: January 6, 2004 4:33 pm
If its just a matter of such a bike existing, it might be worth someone's time to forward ideas to OCC ... I've yet to see Paul, Jr make a true mess of anything ...
Posted: January 6, 2004 4:36 pm
there are two kinds of people those with motorcycles and those that aren't.
Posted: January 6, 2004 5:39 pm
Those are some great looking bikes!!! 
Posted: January 6, 2004 6:18 pm
Ok I think it was summer of 2002 my wife and I were at TWO in Suches,Ga. And we saw sitting in the parking lot a Kawasaki ZRX 1100/1200 with a Fla. tag it had a Buffett... a pirate looks at fifty themed paint job,yellow with orange wheels,had palm trees and even said ...A pirate looks at fifty..on the tail above the tail light.I figured such a big fan oughta know about this site,if your out there please post a picture!
Wish I would have had my camera that day!
Wish I would have had my camera that day!
Posted: January 6, 2004 6:23 pm
P.S> I have to agree with Havannah daydreamer about OCC,their not bike builders,I have built more bikes from the ground up then they have,they dont do the frames,nor do they paint um,never seen um build an engine...DAYUM...why dont I have my own tv show
Posted: January 6, 2004 6:32 pm
I think I would even agree toown that sportster!!!!
Great paint job!!!!!
Give me ideas of what to do with my bike!!!!
Great paint job!!!!!
Give me ideas of what to do with my bike!!!!
Posted: January 7, 2004 1:16 am
Those are some awesome Bikes. Thanks for sharin the pics with us..